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Wood fragments from the "Merrimac"

Two wood fragments wrapped in paper inscribed with note explaining that the wood is from the Merrimac.

Credit Line

Gift of Herbert D. Halsey

Object Number

Z.932

Marks

written: on paper: "Piece of the Rebel iron-clad gunboat 'Merrimack' cut by Henry Draper Esqu from a piece brought from fortress Munroe by President Lincoln, to Washington, from there to new York by Simeon Draper Esqr./ New York May 19th 1862, Monday"

Gallery Label

According to a note written on the paper wrapper in which this and other objects were found, it is a relic collected by Herbert D. Halsey, and was donated in 1941.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.